One Million For UCA Scholarships

The University of Central Arkansas has received $1 million to endow and establish the Arch Ford Endowed Scholarship program.

Rick ’81 and Anne Massey of Little Rock made the gift to support the retention of first-generation college students through need-based scholarships.

The family established the endowment in honor of Arch Ford, a 1930 Arkansas State Teachers College (now UCA) graduate who served as commissioner of the Arkansas Department of Education from 1953-78. Ford also received a 1992 Distinguished Alumni Award from UCA. MORE